It Can’t Happen Here

Dublin Core

Title

It Can’t Happen Here

Subject

Fascism, WWII,

Description

A poster for Sinclair Lewis’s play “It can't happen here” shows three officers with raised fists, and a fist raised toward them, ostensibly the viewer’s. It was printed in 1937 as an advertisement for the Federal Theatre Project presentation of the play, which provides a commentary on the rise of fascism in Germany . The fist in this usage suggests militarism, fascism and dictatorial obeisance.